This article examines the coinage of Philip, the Herodian tetrarch of Batanea, Trachonitis, Paneas, and Auranitis, in the context of coins struck by other successors of Herod the Great, other ...

Herod is offstage in most nativity plays, because no one wants a villain on Christmas Eve. Instead, the wise men warn the holy family about the mean man who’s looking for them, then the Magi go home ...

Now Herod Antipas was not noted as peculiarly cruel or tyrannical. He was a man of refined tastes, which he gratified in erecting costly buildings and public works. In all worldly affairs he was ...